I had this problem but didn't see an easy fix. I could have gone to a school for the gifted, but I wanted to be with normal people, not the over achievers (fri

I had this problem but didn't see an easy fix. I could have gone to a school for the gifted, but I wanted to be with normal people, not the over achievers (friends that went later told me my worries where justified). At some point I just decided to minimize all school effort and did my own thing as good as I could, but hated school since 2nd or 3rd grade. I dropped from winning some math competition every now and than to the lowest mark that got me through, but I would do it this way again. I'm happy with whom (not what) I have become, a thing surprisingly few can say.